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The impact of tumor stroma on drug response in breast cancer

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Biocompatible Smart Microcapsules Based on Chitosan-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Copolymers for Cultivation of Animal Cells

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The liquid overlay technique is the key to formation of co-culture spheroids consisting of primary osteoblasts, fibroblasts and endothelial cells

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Polyelectrolyte microcapsules with entrapped multicellular tumor spheroids as a novel tool to study the effects of photodynamic therapy

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